Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,087 granted patents across 37 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: H10B (Electronic Memory Devices).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Yangtze ranks #414 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,087 patents across 37 technology areas.
- #414
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 1%
- by Innovation Score (71.1/100)
- 18.3
- avg claims per patent
- +7773%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R414 · Foreign Corporation #414 · 1,087 grants
GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-LARGE 1.1K grants
- TOP-DECILE #414/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH The Trustees of…
- CPC-FOCUS H10B · 37 areas
- INNOV-STRONG 71.1/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- VEL-SURGE +7773% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (±1 grants)
Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.
How Yangtze’s 71.1 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Yangtze
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Massachusetts… · near
Massachusetts… · near
71 score
- Pioneer Hi-bred… · near
Pioneer Hi-bred… · near
71 score
- Visa International… · near
Visa International… · near
71 score
- Yangtze Memory · this assignee
Yangtze Memory · this assignee
71 score
- Semiconductor… · near
Semiconductor… · near
71 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Yangtze's Innovation Score is 71.1/100 (top 1% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.
Does more volume mean deeper claims for Yangtze?
Each dot is one of Yangtze’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Yangtze’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Yangtze's grants concentrate
Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 63.2% of grants classified under H10B (Electronic Memory Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (250 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Yangtze sits between Thomson Licensing and Regents of the University of Minnesota.
Yangtze's three-year grant acceleration
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. moved from 276 to 600 grants (2.17x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #174. See the growth leaderboard.
Who files at Yangtze's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Thomson Licensing
Thomson Licensing
1,095 patents
- Advanced Semicond…
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
1,092 patents
- NTN
NTN Corporation
1,091 patents
- Bristol-myers Squ…
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
1,089 patents
- Yangtze Memory ◀
Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
1,087 patents
- The Trustees of C…
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
1,086 patents
- University of Sou…
University of South Florida
1,086 patents
- CA
CA, Inc.
1,081 patents
- Regents of the Un…
Regents of the University of Minnesota
1,081 patents
What this shows Yangtze holds 1,087 patents at rank #414, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Yangtze
By rank, the assignees closest to #414 in granted patent volume.
- Thomson Licensing #410 · 1,095 patents
- Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. #411 · 1,092 patents
- NTN Corporation #412 · 1,091 patents
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company #413 · 1,089 patents
- The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York #415 · 1,086 patents
- University of South Florida #416 · 1,086 patents
- CA, Inc. #417 · 1,081 patents
- Regents of the University of Minnesota #418 · 1,081 patents
Leaders in H10B (Electronic Memory Devices)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Yangtze's primary technology class.
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 3,987 in class
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. 3,369 in class
- Micron Technology, Inc. 3,035 in class
- SK hynix Inc. 1,982 in class
- Sandisk Technologies, Inc. 1,395 in class
- International Business Machines Corporation 1,197 in class
- United Microelectronics Corp. 1,112 in class
- Toshiba Memory Corporation 1,090 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Yangtze, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H10B (Electronic Memory Devices), Yangtze ranks #12 of 340 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (71 here).
Similar claim depth
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.3 here).
Yangtze's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
71 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 10 | 0.9% |
| 2020 | 105 | 9.7% |
| 2021 | 161 | 14.8% |
| 2022 | 160 | 14.7% |
| 2023 | 190 | 17.5% |
| 2024 | 250 | 23.0% |
| 2025partial year | 210 | 19.3% |
Which technologies does Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. patent most?
Top 15 of 37 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H10B (Electronic Memory Devices), 63.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10B
- Ranked #414 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. against Thomson Licensing, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 71.1/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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